WinDirStat is dead – long live TreeSize Free
For many years WinDirStat has been my first port of call when I want to analyse disk use. However I …
Author Archives: Dr James Bayley
Low Power Networks for IoT (LPWAN)
Although dilettantes like myself mainly play with IoT devices on Wi-Fi there is a real and growing market for industrial …
Fixed: DFPlayer Mini MP3 player does not work
(keywords: bad sound, noisy sound, power supply, squawking) I spend several hours trying to make the DFPlayer Mini MP3 player …
IOT – A review of the Electric Imp
The Internet of Things (IoT) is basically IP connected devices sending data back and forth to servers in the cloud. …
Medium is above average
I have just become a paid publisher on Medium (it’s free). I am going re-post my most popular articles from …
Off-topic DIY hacks
This learned journal usually confines its commentary to IT and project management but sometimes something crops up that is off-topic …
node.js, WordPress and Google App Engine
node.js Google App Engine is very cool. It hides all the complexity of creating a highly available, load-balanced and scalable …
Cool – Smartclient and node.js
My favourite Javascript library for widgets is Smartclient because of its wonderful showcase. Following on from my investigation into node.js I …
node.js is really cool
I have just finished a contract and for the last 4 years I have been doing infrastructure work and team …
OneNote does OCR better than PhantomPDF
I used to use Adobe Acrobat Professional but I got tired of the cost and licencing hassles. Now I use …
